Cookie Policy
Version: 1.0 | Effective Date: 11/07/2026
TechFutara Ltd (trading as Hotstepa) uses limited cookies, local storage, and similar technologies to improve user experience, remember your privacy preferences, and measure campaign performance.
1. Managing Your Preferences
You are in control of your data. You can update, change, or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings" link located in the footer of every page on our platform.
Withdrawing consent will immediately prevent future non-essential data access and tracking. Please note that third parties may retain information they already received before you withdrew consent.
2. Essential Technologies
We use certain storage strictly necessary to operate the platform and remember your privacy choices. These cannot be disabled.
| Technology / Key | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
cookie_consent (Local Storage) | Hotstepa (First Party) | Stores whether you accepted or rejected optional cookies. Contains no user identifiers. | 12 Months |
| Session/Auth Tokens | Hotstepa (First Party) | Maintains your secure session during a Hot Deal flow. | Session |
3. Analytics & Advertising Technologies (Optional)
Non-essential analytics, advertising, and measurement technologies remain disabled by default. They will only activate if you provide explicit consent via our cookie banner or preference centre.
| Technology | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Pixel | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Advertising and conversion measurement. | Determined by Meta (up to 3 months) |
| TikTok Pixel | TikTok Ltd. | Advertising and conversion measurement. | Determined by TikTok |
| X (Twitter) Pixel | X Corp. | Advertising and conversion measurement. | Determined by X Corp. |
| PostHog | PostHog, Inc. | Product analytics and understanding campaign funnel performance. | 1 Year (Device ID) |
| Google Analytics | Google LLC | Aggregated website traffic analysis. | 14 Months |